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Low Water Advisory 3, NWS Lake Charles, LA

February 19, 2012

NWS Lake Charles, LA issued this low water advisory at Feb 19, 2012, 5:03 AM CST. It took effect at Feb 19, 2012, 6:00 AM CST. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Feb 19, 2012, 5:03 AM CST (11:03 UTC)
In effect from
Feb 19, 2012, 6:00 AM CST
Expired
Feb 19, 2012, 12:00 PM CST
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Lake Charles, LA

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this low water advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Lake Charles, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this low water advisory went out at Feb 19, 4:59 AM CST, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 19, 4:59 AM CST, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 18, 5:44 AM CST, 23 hours 19 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LAKE CHARLES LA
544 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

GMZ435-LAZ027>033-041>045-052>055-073-074-TXZ180-201-215-216-
259>262-191200-
VERMILION BAY-VERNON-RAPIDES-AVOYELLES-BEAUREGARD-ALLEN-
EVANGELINE-ST. LANDRY-CALCASIEU-JEFFERSON DAVIS-ACADIA-LAFAYETTE-
UPPER ST. MARTIN-VERMILION-IBERIA-ST. MARY-LOWER ST. MARTIN-
WEST CAMERON-EAST CAMERON-TYLER-HARDIN-JEFFERSON-ORANGE-
NORTHERN JASPER-NORTHERN NEWTON-SOUTHERN JASPER-SOUTHERN NEWTON-
544 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO...CENTRAL LOUISIANA...SOUTH CENTRAL LOUISIANA...
SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA...WEST CENTRAL LOUISIANA AND SOUTHEAST TEXAS.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL AND SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE.

THUNDERSTORMS: THE BIGGEST THREATS WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND
STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 60 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA THIS
MORNING AND THE WATCH WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED INTO THE AFTERNOON
FOR PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

FLOODING: DUE TO THE RECENT RAINFALL AND THE HEAVY RAINFALL
EXPECTED TODAY FLOODING OF POORLY DRAINED LOCATIONS MAY OCCUR. A
FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6PM FOR ALL OF THE AREA. FLOODING
ALONG SOME AREA RIVERS IS ALREADY ONGOING AND MAY INCREASE
DOWNSTREAM FROM AREAS THAT RECEIVE HEAVY RAINFALL.

TORNADOES: THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHORT LIVED AND ISOLATED
TORNADO TODAY MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A BEAUMONT TO OPELOUSAS LINE.

HAIL: THERE IS AN OUTSIDE CHANCE THAT AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM MAY
PRODUCE HAIL TO AROUND THE SIZE OF QUARTERS TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

FLOODING ALONG AREA RIVERS THAT ARE ALREADY AT OR ABOVE FLOOD STAGE WILL
BE A CONCERN OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS HAS HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURS
TODAY FLOWS TO THE GULF. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST RIVER FLOOD
STATEMENTS AND WARNING FOR MORE DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

GMZ430-432-450-452-455-470-472-475-191200-
SABINE LAKE-CALCASIEU LAKE-
COASTAL WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA OUT 20 NM-
COASTAL WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY
LA OUT 20 NM-
WATERS FROM CAMERON LA TO HIGH ISLAND TX FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM  INTRACOASTAL CITY TO CAMERON LA FROM 20 TO 60 NM-
WATERS FROM LOWER ATCHAFALAYA RIVER TO INTRACOASTAL CITY LA FROM
20 TO 60 NM-
544 AM CST SAT FEB 18 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF THE NORTHWEST
GULF OF MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TODAY AS A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM TRAVELS
ALONG THE COAST. NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE
LOW AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN. WINDS AND SEAS WILL INCREASE INTO
SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY CRITERIA AT GREATER THAN 20 KNOTS AND HIGHER
THAN 6 FEET ACROSS THE GULF WATERS.

THUNDERSTORMS IN THE COASTAL WATERS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OVER
34 KNOTS AND LOCALLY HIGHER SEAS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

WINDS AND SEAS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED INTO SUNDAY MORNING AND
DECREASE INTO SUNDAY MID DAY AS HIGH PRESSURE MOVES IN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

MARINERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Feb 19, 12:12 AM CST, 4 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Lake Charles, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 1:17 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHVernon6 hr
Feb 19, 1:35 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin6 hr
Feb 19, 2:36 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHAcadia, Jefferson Davis6 days
Feb 19, 7:43 AM CSTAreal Flood AdvisoryLCHSaint Landry, Saint Martin17 hr
Feb 19, 7:45 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningLCHJasper, Tyler6 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.